Your Name

Japan

106 min

12A

Directed by: Makoto Shinkai

Written by: Makoto Shinkai

Cast: Mone Kamashiraishi, Etsuko Ichihara, Ryûnosuke Kamiki

UK release: 18 November 2016

Country girl Mitsuha (Kamishiraishi) and city boy Taki (Kamiki) find themselves inexplicably transported into each other's bodies. A sweet love story told against a background of genuine tragedy, it has more philosophical meat than most grown-up dramas, and a finely wrought, emotionally charged payoff.

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